Morning Headlines 4/4/19
UMass prize will fund telemedicine initiative
UMass will roll out video-based substance use disorder evaluation software developed by prize-winning physicians within its Memorial Medical Group at three of its EDs over the next three months.
VA’s IT leadership problem has infected modernization efforts
Officials at a House Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing say the VA’s abysmal CIO track record has hampered – and will continue to hamper – the success of its extremely expensive IT modernization efforts.
Digital health company Quil names former Imprivata executive Carina Edwards CEO.
HealthVerity Announces $25 Million in Series C Funding
Patient data retrieval and management company HealthVerity raises $25 million.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.